An Arlington team participating in a yearlong contest with those from Medford and Cambridge, to see which community can reduce its energy use (and carbon emissions) by the greatest percentage, was the winner June 22. Ten town families are participating, but an unlimited number of companion families may also take part. In the first communitywide challenge event --
the Smart Transit Challenge -- its goal was to to reach several checkpoints while using/releasing the least amount of carbon dioxide.
PERMANENTLY surplus or not? Town, schools weigh options
Should the former Crosby and Parmenter schools become fully surplus or not? Town and school officials wrestled with this question, according to the following draft minutes of the School Committee's community-relations subcommittee held
June 18. The account includes notes taken by Rose Udics.
Charles Skidmore, principal of Arlington High School, sent the following update June 22, to parents and guardians. In this edition, we learn who among the staff has retired.
The Martin Luther King Jr. Committee is supporting a fresh social studies vision at Arlington High School. Janice Bakey, the chair of the committee, details this effort and others in the following report. She wroe:" "The new social studies curriculum is a huge and welcome change! The APS are to be commended!"
The June edition of “The Public Square” focuses on Arlington’s experience with the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The show's host is School Committee member Jeff Thielman. Many have strong feelings about the war, but few are actively involved, either in fighting in the war or trying to stop it. This show seeks out Arlingtonians to provide their views.
Two Democratic candidates for the Fourth
Middlesex Senate seat have issued statements in response to
fast-moving, shocking events that have reshaped the race. In a related matter, the name of J. James Marzilli Jr. will remain on the September primary ballot. Republican Brion Cangiamila is mounting a write-in bid, The Boston Globe reported. Cangiamila told YourArlington in an e-mail June 20:
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Vidiots
Arlington broadcasts itself Goofy, active, thoughtful -- it's not every Arlington video posted on YouTube, but it's a bunch. See how citizen journalists ... Read more...
Show includes 38 Arlington teens
On the heels of the spring production of Shakespeare's...
Charles Skidmore, principal of Arlington High School, sent the following update June 22, to parents and guardians. In this edition, we learn who among the staff has retired.
The Martin Luther King Jr. Committee is supporting a fresh social studies vision at Arlington High School. Janice Bakey, the chair of the committee, details this effort and others in the following report. She wroe:" "The new social studies curriculum is a huge and welcome change! The APS are to be commended!"
